THE BOTANISTS OF PHILADELPHIA. 77 



PETER KALM, 



Peter Kalm,* a celebrated naturalist, and pupil of 

 Linna?us, was a native of Finland, born in the year 1715. 

 Having imbibed a taste for the study of natural history, he 

 pursued his inclination with much zeal and industry. His 

 reputation as a naturalist caused him to be appointed pro- 

 fessor at Abo; and in October, 1747, at the instance of 

 Linna?us. he set out upon his travels, sailing from Gutten- 

 burg for America, where he arrived the ensuing year. 

 Having spent two or three years in traveling through 

 Canada, New York, Pennsylvania and the adjacent prov- 

 inces, he returned to his professorship at Abo, in 1751. His 

 discoveries in botany materially enriched the Species 

 Plantarum of his great master. Professor Kalm's travels in 

 Americaf were published in Sweden. A German edition t 

 of this interesting book soon appeared, and was followed in 

 1772 by an English one. He seems to have been remarka- 

 bly credulous ; and, moreover, it is alleged, took to himself 

 the credit of some discoveries which rightfully belonged to 

 John Bartram. He died at Abo, November 16, 1779. His 

 name has become enduringly associated with a genus of 

 most elegant evergreen shrubs. 



HUMPHRY MARSHALL. 



Humphry Marshall was born in the township of 

 West Bradford, county of Chester, and province of Pennsyl- 

 vania, on the 10th day of October, 1722. His father, 

 Abraham Marshall, was a native of Gratton, in Derbyshire, 



* 1849. DARLINGTON Memorials of Bartram and Marshall, 367. 

 1 1753-01. KALM EiiResa til Norra America. Stockholm, IIIvols., 484pp. 

 J 17">l-64. (German edition) Bescreibung der Reise nach dem ndrdlichen 

 Amerika Gottingen. 3 Theile. 



\ ls4'j. DARLINGTON Memorials of Bartram and Marshall, 4s:>. 



